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Olanzapine (oh-LAN-za-peen, sold as Zyprexa, Zydis, or in combination with fluoxetine, as Symbyax) was the third atypical antipsychotic to gain approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and has become one of the most commonly used atypical antipsychotics. Olanzapine has been approved by the FDA for the treatme... more at Wikipedia
Treatment Success Rate
| Top 5 Communities | ||
| Condition | Members | Success |
| Bipolar Disorder | 966 |
60% |
| Schizophrenia | 107 |
64% |
| Depression | 58 |
78% |
| Anxiety | 14 |
100% |
| Eating Disorders | 13 |
69% |
Overall, 63% (1216
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Makes you really fat
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wonderful but stopped taking it because of weight gain ...
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hard to put into words butbefore i was diagnosed i hit rock bottom!
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Its an antipsychotic but when it was combined with Paxil it seemed to work awesome for me. It just makes you hungry & sleepy all the time so that part sucks!
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didnt work too well
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Works well for me. It is very expensive.
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works for mania and sleeping eat to much always hungry
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I take 2.5mg, any more and I sleep too much and gain too much weight
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Caused hands to shake and blurry vision I went off of it and am taking Geodone which is working.
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Made me feel depressed
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ok
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Works to calm mania or depression but zonks me and scares me about the diabetes issues reported.
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was on it did ok for me.
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Worked great on my moods, but gained about 75 pounds over 4 years. My cholesterol shot up and I am just into the pre-diabetes range now. The health problems weren't worth it for me.
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im on zyprexa at the moment it seems to be working [More] -
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zyprexa made me gain weight other tan that was pretty good [More] -
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I've given it to some patients. They complained of shakiness and twitching. It apparently sends some people into TD pretty quickly. So watch carefully... [More] -
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I gained a lot of weight on Zyprexa and I can't say that it worked for me [More] -
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Anybody knows the side effects of Zyprexa ? [More]
